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Best Superbowl Commercials

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The football season culminates with the Superbowl, and starting in the early seventies marketers realized the potential and started creating ads targeted to the TV audience. In 1984, Apple’s Superbowl commercial using a “1984” theme changed the advertising landscape for Superbowl commercials.

In recent years there have been a few hits and many misses and this year is no different.

In my opinion, the Best Superbowl Commercial was a VW Passat commercial starring a mini-Vader. I loved this car commercial, and usually I hate car commercials.

Continue on to see which other commercials caught my eye… the list isn’t too long.
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SleepTracker Pro Elite Sleep Monitor

Review: Sleeptracker Elite – Sleep Monitor Watch

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SleepTracker Pro Elite Sleep MonitorOver 4 years ago, we reviewed the first Sleeptracker sleep phase wrist-watch alarm product. Since then Innovative Sleep Solutions has come out with some newer versions of the Sleeptracker, including the Sleeptracker Elite, which comes in two color variations – for men and women.

Here’s my review of the new Sleeptracker Elite. The Elite (for men) now comes with some blue trim and a rectangular body as compared to the white trim but more rounded classic Sleeptracker.

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My 12 Favorite Apps for the iPad that Rock!

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Zinio iPad app best ipad apps ipad best apps best apps for ipad ipad favorite apps favorite apps for ipad top ipad apps top apps for ipad Every few days I am asked what are the best apps for the iPad and what my iPad favorite apps are. In fact, last May, I wrote about My 12 Favorite iPad Apps where I called out 12 of the best apps for iPad so I thought I’d revisit the list to see if my favorites have changed. As expected, my top apps for iPad have evolved over time. For example, only three of the twelve iPad apps have remained on my list for best apps for iPad including Kindle, Zinio and Mail.

Read on to see what my best apps for the iPad list include for January 2011.
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Review: ivi TV, live-streaming broadcast TV over the Internet

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ivi TV logoivi TV, appropriately located at ivi.tv, is an up-and-coming Internet-based TV company and application that runs on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer. ivi TV has partnered with over 25 (and growing) broadcast channels to bring viewers a range of live content for a monthly fee of $4.99.

Here’s our review of ivi TV.

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Mac App Store favorite picks

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After looking around Apple’s newly released Mac App Store last night, I found a few Mac Apps that peaked my interest. Happy hunting and let us know your favorite apps.

Lyrica Lyrica ($0.99) searches through six different databases automatically to locate the right lyrics of the currently playing song in iTunes. At less than a buck and an average rating over 4/5 with 28 ratings so far, you can’t go wrong with this Mac App if you’ve ever wondered what those lyrics were.
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Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Mac

Review: Daniusoft’s DVD Ripper for Mac

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Daniusoft DVD Ripper for the Mac Daniusoft provided the Geeks with a license of the DVD Ripper for Mac title for review. The aptly named utility provides the ability to rip DVDs to many of the popular formats plus the software allows you to rip background music from DVDs.

There are two types of DVD ripping software. First, there is the simplistic ripper that provides the user with very few options and clicks needed to start the process of ripping a DVD. Secondly, there are expert rippers that provide users the ability to modify everything from the bit and frame rates for video to the bit and sample rates for audio of DVDs being ripped. Daniusoft has walked the line and provided the best of both worlds in that you can simply drag a DVD and click “Start” to begin the rip; however, Daniusoft has also provided the options with presets (including Apple TV 2, Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy) to tweak the video and audio during a rip.

Read the rest of the review to see what the Geeks thought…
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Bits Limited Charging Station LPG3

Review: Bits Limited’ Charging Station automatically shuts off when devices are fully charged

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Bits Limited Charging Station LPG3A few years ago, we featured the SmartStrip LCG3 from Bits Limited, a 10 outlet unit that detects whether or not you have something plugged is on or off and stops drawing power accordingly, thus reducing the ‘vampire load’.

Fast-forward to today. Bits Ltd sent us one of their latest products – the 10-outlet Charging Station (model LPG3E), which as the name suggests is geared to plugging in chargers. As we’re suckers for green, eco-conscious, power-saving gadgets, we had to accept.
I took this unit for a spin and found a lot to like.

Setup

There is some minor setup that involves calibrating the device based on the chargers that you have plugged in, but that took less than 5 minutes.
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Review: Krypton iPhone 3G/3GS Case

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Krypton Products iPhone 3G/3GS Case The Geeks received some Krypton Products a couple months ago then put the products to real world testing. This review concentrates on the Krypton iPhone 3G/3GS Flex Case.

The iPhone 3G/3GS Krypton Flex Case includes several funky styles: Black Pyramids, Black Groove, Orange Groove and White Spiral. As mentioned, these cases were tested by several reviewers and it was hard for the reviewers to choose the style they wanted. Orange and Black Groove went first followed by Black Pyramids. Personally, I preferred the Black Groove style but would have used any case.
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Review: Krypton iPhone/iPod Touch Screen Armor

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Krypton Screen Armor for iPhones The Geeks received some Krypton Products a couple months ago then put the products to real world testing. This review concentrates on the Krypton iPhone Screen Armor.

In each Screen Armor box you receive two films, a microfiber cloth, a Krypton Sticky (to remove pesky air bubbles) and an Application Card to apply the screen armor to the screen. As you can see from the picture (taken by Gadget Girl Photos), Krypton Products have several screen armor versions for the iPhone Ultra-Clear, Anti-Glare, Mirror and 360 Privacy with different film versions. The film names speak for themselves. For example, the Anti-Glare screen removes the glare from direct light whereas the Ultra-Clear film is transparent.
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